The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-27

used to bring US fish and other
market ARTICLES which those who
had the money would buy and di-
vide with t..ose who did not. Camp
Douglass was the first place l ever
saw any navy tobacco. We of the
eouth had been used to much bet
ter tobacco than we found here, but
we could do no better and some
learned to love il. do not remem-
Der ever knowing any man in the
! army who did not use tobacco in
, some form. We used to amuse
ourselves the best We could; we
played every kind of outdoor game
that we knew, and card playing
went on both day and night. 4
copper cent was the ante in
AGAME oFDRAw
and you would see as much inter
est displayed over the copper stake
as it were gold. At night We
danced and amused ourselves as
best we could. l have seen some
high old times at some OF these
dances. Oar company officers
were sent to Johuson's Island and
the field officers to Fort Warren in
Boston Harbor. We used to get
letters from them every week. Col.
Brown kept Us posted about ex-
change matters. Our compsny lost
two noble boys by death while we
were prisoners, Billie Burton and
Bud Harwell. They were taken
out aud buried but we do not know
where. Their brave spirits witt
others will arise from the cold, in
hospitable shores of Lake Michi-
gan and mIngle with their comrades
In eternity where there will be no
more separation We had some
funny incidents while at Chicago.
One night two of our company got
into tisticuf and for q time things
were quite lively, when one of them
called out ''quit, you are hurting
my sore finger This ended the
fight. One evening quite squad
of boys concluded TO escape.
Among the number was "Argie"
He came around to tell all of US
good bye, saying he was going
home, aud asked US what he must
tell our folks. Bnt as Burns says
"The best laid schemes of
"hice and men
"Gang aft agee."
Twas 80 with the boys for they
failed utterl y They undertook to
escape under the floor of an cid
building that WAS on the line Of The
outside fence. They went under
but to their utter horror found
they could nos get out and they
stayed wedged under the floor all
night. Many funny stories were
told about 1t aud il you will ask
"Argie" how he escaped from
Camp Douglass ne will tell you all
about it.
OLD BROwNLOw
and Ex-G0v. Campbell came to
prison and made speeches to US
urging US to take the oath. 1t was
all that the level headed men could
do to keep the boys from egging
Brownlow. After the speaking was
over a little nasal twsnged yank
got up and said he would like fol-
the purpose OF saving time to have
them to report by companies and
regiments as near as possible. He
began to call the rolls Of different
commands ana to b is utter aston
ishment not fifty men out of 1000
took the oath. The 3rd contributed
one, Bob Ellis Of ooh, sweet Mr.
Andy johnson" fame, and 3 fellow
named CLARK no belonged to Capt
Graves artillery, who had got With
US after Donelson fell. We had
been missing many things for
some time but did not know
who was the thief, but after Clark
left the stealing ceased. In this
prison sprang up that strong sffec
ton between the 3rd and the 10th
Tenn, which lasted till the end OF
the war. AS old Jimmie Conley ex
pressed 1t, tho bloody 10Th and
the bloody 3rd were as brothers,
and no enemy ever drove them
from q position when together. The
old 1O'h was glorious regiment.
They reflect credit on our state and
the land of tbeir nativity. Lord
McCeuly but iold the truth when
he says the Irish are finest soldiers
in Europe. Twas the gallanlry OF
the Irish thst drove Eapolean E
army from Spsin, aud Irish and
English f.troops with an IRISH
man as leader destroyed Napo-
lean at Waterloo and drove that
frey, splendid intellect into exile
All honor 20 the gallant Irish.
They always fight for the country
they live III. We were mighty
blue for some time after our cap
ture, for disaster after disaster be-
fell our army on the Mississippi.
The enemy seemed to have their
own way, but at Shiloh things took
a slight change, and when we got a
copy of the Chicago Times giving
an account Of the first days fight
our hearts were glad, and although
we didn't yell we we're perfectly
happy. After this the yanks would
not let US have the news if they
could avoid 1t. Up to this time
the enemy would not talk about ex-
changing prisoners, bat during the
summer of '62 Gems. johnson, Lee
! and Stonewsi! jackson took all the
conceit out of them and they came
to their senses. We felt cheered by
the news from Virginia, which
helped US to bear our confinement
One night about nine O'Clock ter
rible racket Was raised iu the south
west part OF the camp; guns were
fred and the officers of the guard
were called for from every quarter
of the line. |. seems some fellow
had knocked one Of the sentinels
down with a brick and quite 8
number of the prisoners made their
escape. AS before stated the guards
were militia and they having learn
ed that the confederates had arms
they were terribly frightened and
they We're shooting all round us,
come of their bullets going through
our barracks. We had our lights